A group of Kenosha parents is speaking out, calling for more recess time in local schools and saying students need more ...

Recess has a lot of benefits for kids. Here's why experts warn against taking it away as a consequence for misbehavior. (Photo: Getty) My 7-year-old son headed inside from the bus, only to stop ...

My 7-year-old son headed inside from the bus, only to stop abruptly, pivoting right back out. “Going to play outside. We didn’t get recess today,” he shouted back at me. After a bit of digging, I ...

In Florida, kids in a second grade class were told to walk laps during recess after no one confessed to taking money from a classmate. In Kentucky, a first grader who hadn’t been paying attention in ...

The Toronto Star recently reported on a Ministry of Education memo it obtained that asks boards for input into a new regulation that "would provide school boards with the ability to structure their ...

Add recess to reading, writing and arithmetic says a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP.) The pediatricians believe that recess can be as important to a child's overall development as ...

In what seems like forever ago, but was actually only May, images circled the internet of preschoolers in France, newly returned to school, sitting alone in chalk drawn squares that may as well have ...

A KUOW investigation shows that in Seattle Public Schools, poor kids and children of color tend to get much less recess than kids at mostly white, well-off schools. In Seattle, white kids typically ...

In many inner-city schools, engaged adults are 'key gatekeepers' to playground fun. "Not all recess is created equal," says William Massey, an assistant professor at Oregon State University's College ...

How do you take recess during a day of distance learning? By breaking down recess into its component parts, and figuring out how to do each. A day’s worth of Zoom calls and online worksheets can take ...

This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or switch to virtual learning. Even more schools ...

Research Scientist (Education and Social Change), Diversity Insitute, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding ...